Trump’s CIA Releases Bin Laden Documents That Obama Admin Kept Hidden

The CIA released 470,000 documents on Wednesday that had been seized during the 2011 raid in Pakistan that killed Osama Bin Laden.

Among the more interesting facts unearthed so far is the connection between bin Laden and Iran in the lead up to the Sept., 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, as well as the Obama administration’s decision to not release the documents chronicling this relationship, especially as it sought to negotiate the Iran nuclear deal.

A 19-page report by a senior al Qaeda official included in the release indicated the terrorist group received significant material support from Iran.

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The report “offers what appears to be a history of al Qaeda’s relationship with Iran,” according to The Associated Press.

“It says Iran offered al Qaeda fighters ‘money and arms and everything they need, and offered them training in Hezbollah camps in Lebanon, in return for striking American interests in Saudi Arabia.'”

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This account also corroborates findings of the 9/11 Commission, which determined that eight of the 10 so called “muscle” hijackers, who kept passengers under control on hijacked flights passed through Iran before entering the United States.

“The relationship between al Qaeda and Iran demonstrated that the Sunni-Shiite divisions did not necessarily pose an insurmountable barrier to cooperation in terrorist operations,” the 9/11 Commission report stated.

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Additionally, federal prosecutors, in their indictment of bin Laden in 1998 after the bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that left 224 dead (including 12 Americans), suggested al Qaeda had backing from both Hezbollah and Iran.

Iran has denied having any involvement with al Qaeda since that time, according to the AP.

Appearing on Fox News’ Special Report on Wednesday night, Weekly Standard editor-in-chief Stephen Hayes pointed out that the Obama administration released documents from the bin Laden raid the day before his term ended in January falsely indicating they were the “final cache” from the raid, bringing the tally to just 571 documents.

“We had 470,000 documents released today,” Hayes noted with a sense of amazement. “What that makes clear is (Director of National Intelligence James Clapper), the Obama administration was not being clear, was not being honest about what they had.”

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Included in the January 19, release by the Obama administration was a document describing the relationship between Iran and al Qaeda as characterized by “hatred and suspicion.”

On Wednesday, the CIA also made public bin Laden’s hand-written 228 page personal journal. The release included 79,000 audio files and images.

CIA Director Mike Pompeo told FNC he pushed for the files to be released, noting it has been six-and-a-half years since the raid.

“At least now we will have the vast majority of these documents available for scholars,” he said. “For counter-terrorism experts all around the world to take a look at, and have a better understanding to the historical threat to the United States,” he said.